Anne Hathaway Is Interested in a Solo Catwoman Movie

Years ago, the failure of movies like Catwoman and Elektra unfairly turned studios away from making female-led superhero movies. But the times are slowly changing, and with Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel coming out in the next couple of years and Wasp co-headlining the next Ant-Man movie, we'll likely have lots of female-led comic book movies in our future. Now, Anne Hathaway is throwing her hat in the ring, and saying that she's open to reprising her Dark Knight Rises role in a solo Catwoman movie.

"I loved that character and I had such a blast playing her," Hathaway told Variety. "I'm not sure how it would work because I think the Chris Nolan chapter of the Batman story has been wrapped up and I'm part of that, but I love the DC Universe and it would be fun to take a trip back."

I thought Hathaway's version of the character was decent, so I would have no problem with this, except that it would make absolutely no sense to suddenly bring the Nolanverse into the mix. The character is still viable, however; even though the Halle Berry version was terrible, Elektra was recently redeemed by Netflix's Daredevil (which also redeemed Daredevil himself), so there's no reason we couldn't have a great Catwoman movie. It just wouldn't be Anne Hathaway, and she said she would give her blessing to anyone else tapped to play her:

"I don't think you can [feel possessive]," she said. "It sort of goes with the territory when you accept it and receive it from the last Catwoman. I was shown such generosity from Halle [Berry] and from Michelle [Pfeiffer], and so I would do that the next time as well."

There are probably other DC Comics characters who could get her own movie first, most notably Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn, who was a standout in the otherwise terrible Suicide Squad. But maybe she could be cast in the Harley Quinn female villain spin-off?

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